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date	01/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Submarines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the full establishment is for the Submarine Service; and what its manning was as of 31 January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	126240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The latest published figures for the Trained Strength for the Royal Navy Submarine Service show that there were 830 Officers and 3,150 Ratings. Of these there are 430 Officers and 2,100 Ratings assigned to engineering branches within the Submarine Service. The number of engineers available at any one time will be determined by such factors as leave and training requirements.</p><p>All totals are rounded in accordance with the Defence Statistics rounding policy; therefore totals may not equal the sum of their parts. All numbers are rounded to the nearest 10 with numbers ending in five rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid bias.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 126241 question first answered 07/02/2018 16:27:39 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

834819

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Submarines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the establishment of engineers for the Submarine Service is; and how many such engineers are available for service.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	126241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The latest published figures for the Trained Strength for the Royal Navy Submarine Service show that there were 830 Officers and 3,150 Ratings. Of these there are 430 Officers and 2,100 Ratings assigned to engineering branches within the Submarine Service. The number of engineers available at any one time will be determined by such factors as leave and training requirements.</p><p>All totals are rounded in accordance with the Defence Statistics rounding policy; therefore totals may not equal the sum of their parts. All numbers are rounded to the nearest 10 with numbers ending in five rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid bias.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 126240 question first answered 07/02/2018 16:27:39 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

834197

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the compatibility with the Government's policy on nuclear non-proliferation of the development of new types of nuclear weapon for use in UK defence.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	125834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>Any decisions on UK nuclear deterrence policy or capability will be in line with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which remains the cornerstone of the global non-proliferation regime. Given the current threat to international security, and the reality that this will continue for the foreseeable future, our independent nuclear deterrent remains as vital today as ever.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 07/02/2018 16:33:39 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

834303

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people (a) applied for and (b) were enlisted in the British Army in (i) April to June, (ii) July to September and (iii) October to December 2017; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	125923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>Between April and June 2017 there were 17,700 Regular applications and 10,740 Reserve applications. The applications between July and September for Regular were 17,620 and for Reserve 10,080.</p><p> </p><p>Between April and June 2017 there were 1,360 Regular and 740 Reserve enlistments. The enlistments between July and September for Regular were 1,910 and Reserve 760.</p><p> </p><p>The application and enlistment data is not directly comparable. Many of the applicants received between April and September 2017 would still have been in the recruitment process as of 30 September and will have enlisted at a later date.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Application Data is a single service estimate and does not include Commonwealth Specialist Role Applications.</p><p>Individuals may submit multiple applications.</p><p>Enlistment data includes those that transfer between Services.</p><p>Enlistment data excludes trained direct entrants ie those who direct entry into Phase 2 training</p><p>Army Future Reserve 2020 (FR20) includes volunteer reserves who are mobilised, High Readiness Reserves and those volunteer reserves serving on Full Time Reserve Service and Additional Duties Commitment. Sponsored Reserves who provide a more cost effective solution than volunteer reserve are also included.</p><p>Figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 05/02/2018 17:54:30 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois